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Assessment 

At King Athelstan we:

  • Consider our curriculum's purpose and aims for these subjects, and assess whether pupils are meeting them
  • Assess progress against the key skills set out in the programme of study for each subject
  • Evaluate children’s understanding of vocabulary and their ability to remember key facts and information (‘sticky knowledge’)
  • Use Assessment for Learning (AFL) to support teacher judgments during lessons and at the end of topics using a range of retrieval techniques  
  • Look at pupils’ attitudes and the process that they follow, as well as at the end product that they create
  • Assess children’s higher order thinking skills through their use of Bloom’s Taxonomy success criteria
  • Classify pupils’ progress in all foundation subjects as ‘working towards’, ‘secure’ or ‘working above’ the expected standard for their year group

Click here to see King Athelstan Assessment Rationale

 

Click here to see how we assess foundation subjects

 

 

School calendar

  • Y6 Production
    17 July 2025, 7pm
  • Y4 Ukulele Concert
    18 July 2025, 2.30pm
  • Summer term ends
    22 July 2025
  • INSET Day. Children not in school
    1 September 2025
  • Inset Day - children not in school
    1 October 2025
  • Half Term
    27 - 31 Oct 2025
  • Break up for Christmas
    19 December 2025
  • INSET Day - children not in school
    5 January 2026

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